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SHADE VROLLER Filed oct. `1:3. 1925 Patented Oct. 20, 1925'. i

FFICE.

CHARLES G. DUNLAP AND ANDY IVIT'IEN, OF NORTH TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA.

UNITED STATES PATENT SHADE ROLLER.

Application filed October 18, 1923. vSerial No. 669,290.

To all/whom t may concern.' 15 which passes throiiio-h openings in the Be it known that we, CHARLES G. DUN- threaded bolt I2. Secured to the loop Il', 55

Lnr and ANDY WITTEN, citizens of the are control lines 16 and l? which serve to United States, residing at North yIazewell, pull the sliding block il along the runners in the county of Tazewell and State ot 10. The shade is carried by a cylindrical Virginia, have invented certain new and member 18 which rotates upon the inner useful Improvements in Shade Rollers, ot sleeve 8, as a spiral bar I9 formed therein, 60

which the 'following is a. specication. comes in Contact with the sliding block Il. rIhis invention relates to improvements in In operation, lthe clip members 6 are 10 shade rollers. mounted upon the extremities of the sleeve An important object of the invention is 8, the device being then secured to the winto provide a shade roller capable of very dow frame. The control lines l and I? 05 fine adjustment permitting the shade to issue from the extremities oit the sleeve 8 hang in any desired position. and depend along the sides of the window A further object of the invention is to being secured near the bottom ot the 'trame provide a shade roller which is practically t0 a pair of winding knobs (not shown). indestructable and of simple yet durable To raise or lower the shade one or the 70 construction, having no springs or delicate other of the control lines is pulled downmechanism which might easily become worn wardly and when lthe prop 3 adjustn'ient is or broken, secured, the lines are wound about the sta- Other objects and advantages of this in tionary knobs` This device accon'iplishes a vention will be apparent duringl the course vast improvement in shade rollers inasmuch of the following description. as better adjustment ot' the window shade In the accompanying drawing forming a may be secured.

part oi this specification and in which like It is to be understood that the torni ot' numerals are employed to designate Vlike our invention herewith shown and described parts throughout the same, is to be taken as a preferred example ot the Si Figure l is a partial view ot a window Same, and that various changes in the shape, trame showing the device secured thereto. Y size, and arrangement of parts may be re- Figure 2 is a sido elevation ot the device sorted to without departing from the spirit partly in section, and of our invention, or the scope of the sub- Figure 3 is a similar view showing the joined claim. 85 device in diierent adjustment. Having thus described our invention, we

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose claim:

ot illustration is shown the preferred em- A shade roller structure comprising a bodiment ot our invention, the numeral 5 cylinder provided upon its inner surface designates a window trame which may be with a spirally disposed guide, sleeve mem- 90 of any preferred construction. A pair of bers entering the ends ot the cylinder and supporting clips 6 are secured to the window upon which the cylinder' is journaled for iframe 5 by means o1 screws 7 or the like. rotation, parallel spaced members traversing In order that the sleeve 8 may be held stathe length ot the cylinder and connected tionary within the clips a set screw 9 with the sleeve members, a block slidably 95 is threadedly connected to the clips G in mounted upon the runners and housed withsuch a manner as to rigidly engage the sleeve in the cylinder, a member carried by the S and prevent movement thereof. block and engageable with the spirally dis- 'Ihe central portion otl the sleeve 8 is so posed member of the cylinder and flexible constructed as to torni a pair ot runners 10 elements connected at their ends with the 100 which are adapted to carry a sliding block block and extending through the sleeves.' member l1. This sliding block member may In testimony whereof, we have aftixed our be of any suitable construction. In the torni signatures.

shown it is constructed of a threaded bolt member 12 which receives the nuts 13 and CHARLES G. DUNLAP. le at its extremities,4 and carries a wire loop ANDY VITTEN. 

